[ale] Same UID and GID through the cloud

JD jdp at algoloma.com
Mon Apr 21 11:15:32 EDT 2014


On 04/21/2014 11:10 AM, Lightner, Jeff wrote:
> Also if you tar up files from one server then extract on another they come in
> with the original UID/GID so if you’ve used the same on every server you don’t
> have to chown everything after extract.
> 
>  

Actually, for nominal backups, it helps to keep uids/gids matched, but don't go
crazy over it for that purpose.  NFS is 90% of the reason for me and only
end-user accounts matched ... not-so-much for service accounts.


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